Victims of the Windrush scandal have been stunned by the political fallout triggered by their decision to go public with personal accounts of the catastrophic consequences of the Home Office’s decision to treat them as illegal immigrants. Timeline Amber Rudd's apologies Show Hide The home secretary has issued five apologies in the last week – four of them over her department's handling of the Windrush crisis and immigration targets. “The immigration arm of the Home Office has been using local targets for internal performance management. In a series of late-night tweets, Rudd apologised for not being aware of documents, leaked to the Guardian, which set out immigration removal targets. There is accumulating evidence that despite the global attention focused on Windrush victims, many remain in dire financial straits, despite the government’s promises to act fast.

Source: The Guardian May 01, 2018 05:01 UTC